Lesson 6

Lesson Title: "Finding Joy Now"

OTHER RESOURCES:

• Resource Guide for Young Women Manual 1 at lds.org. With Ensign, New Era, and Friend references

OBJECTIVE:

Each class member will feel the joy of being a Latter-day Saint young woman.

PREPARATION:

1. Bring paper and pencil for each class member.
2. Bring a small mirror.
3. Prepare a poster or large paper of the following statement by President Harold B. Lee: “Happiness does not depend on what happens outside of you but on what happens inside of you.”
4. Assign a young woman to read the passage entitled “Creation.”
5. Assign young women to present any stories, scriptures, or quotations you wish.

ATTENTION GETTER:

Object lesson at the beginning of the lesson with the mirror.

LESSON:

CONCLUSION:

Bear your testimony of the importance of being a happy person now and of the joys that can come from being true to the standards of a Latter-day Saint young woman. Be enthusiastic and encourage the girls to assume responsibility for their own happiness now.

Have class members select one or two ways to help them find joy now. Suggest that they select one or two items that they will focus on during the coming week.

HANDOUT:

Print off the handout onto pretty paper. Cut apart and attach to a small mirror for each young woman.

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